Paper Thin Tv Screens

PHPtech

Oct 16 2005, 04:50 AM

Apparently a German technology giant called siemens has developed Tv Screens as thin as paper that can bend as paper does without breaking. They also have an amazingly low production cost. They can be used to bring to life things only imagined in science-fiction movies, and fantasy books such as harry potter.
Here is a webpage relating to this.
http://www.unmediated.org/archives/2005/10...rthin_tv_sc.php

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There's also this http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,1....html?gusrc=rss

And as I find more pages relating to this I learn more about them, apparently they are so cheap you can buy a square meter of super-thin TV

for only 49$
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,1....html?gusrc=rss

Then there's the last good source. http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-5895420.html

This is amazing and fantastic, this really is open the way for a whole new era of technology only imagined in TV Shows and movies, the future we illustrate in our media is drawing before our eyes!

hulunes

Oct 16 2005, 05:36 AM

woW,great technology.paper thin TV is always a fantacy video equipment.it comes true now,which sounds really coool.
the trend will be applied to laptop or pda(including cellphone) later IMO...

thebluekirby

Oct 16 2005, 06:01 AM

but that's like a portible TV, ne? how does it connect to channels and stuff?
but that's still really amazing, i never thought they'd be able to come up with something like that around this time XD i wanna see paper sized computers, with wireless internet, so i can take em to school. XD

DogEater008

Oct 16 2005, 06:38 AM

ehh.. yeah.. the next generation lcd. Samsung had it for awhile now.. in their lab. .AHAHAH. It costs less to make it than normal LCD. Also, it doesn't use as much energy. I also heard about something like.. watching two different things on one screen but at a different angle.

Dart-kun

Oct 16 2005, 02:42 PM

Woah... thats kinda freaky, I wouldn't mind a paper thin TV. Tack it up on a wall, and we're done.

PHPtech

Oct 16 2005, 02:52 PM

I don't think they'd be used as TV's in homes for several year or maybe even decades, and even longer with laptops...

BuffaloHELP

Oct 16 2005, 04:40 PM

Well, this is just a first step. As I can see it, imagine the usage for a magazine covers, news paper headlines, portable small screens (ipod, digital camera, printers, watch etc). They are now animated, playing short clips, headline scrolling across, your flyer and brochures will never be the same... and in full color! Can you imagine when this is used as a restaurant menu? You will never have to update your menu in the means of conventional Kinko’s style. All you need is a computer and an uplink. Your patrons can see the menu description along with actual steaming plate that just to dive in for.

Imagine the ad bombardment--constant flashing letters and graphics to draw your attention and, perhaps, to tune out the distraction by pulling out thin display with the complete works of Shakespeare, like an e-book.

What about for map industries? You carry a simple roll out or pull out 8x10 sheet with small GPS receiver attached. You click a button and bam! it shows your location with full color map received from satellite.

It’s just a matter of time when this will be used for your passport, identification card…the possibilities are almost limitless.

Dragonfly

Oct 16 2005, 06:34 PM

Wow, this really awed me. Technology continues to develop and of course it is a pride for the nation that comes up with all new and competitive stuffs. Japanese were known for all things small and compact, some people say its because they are relatively smaller in size and also their country is small but the soaring population made them think everything should be small in order to accomodate in never increasing space. But its the time big Germans are coming up with something small and compact. This will give more competitions to Koreans, Americans and Japanese in particular. Nice information.

shigajet

Oct 17 2005, 03:43 AM

That's amazing! When I first saw the topic title, I thought it might've come from a firm in Japan. I knew that they recently made a thin-screen TV where you could actually see two programs at the same time - depending on which side of the TV you are watching from.

Anyway, it's really neat to see things gradually getting more and more compact.

Arigato

Oct 21 2005, 09:24 PM

I'm guessing this will be the foundation of our books, paper, computer monitors and televisions in the future. There are so many possibilities for this product and I'm quite suprised at how cheap this is.

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Cerebral Stasis

Dec 29 2005, 07:34 PM

The majority of what is inside a television or monitor is just the components necessary to make the screen work. If all that is needed is as thin as a piece of paper, the circuits necessary to do the rest could mostly be printed on thin circuit boards, similar to what one finds inside a keyboard, with the nonflexible components being attached to the screen, instead of directly connected to it (meaning that, at the end of the screen, there would be a small solid part that would hold the components and that the cords would come out of). It will be many, many decades before circuit boards and components can be completely and efficiently printed small enough to make a device completely paper-thin, but the concept of the screen itself being that thin does seem to be within reach.

MaverickFang

Dec 29 2005, 10:31 AM

QUOTE(evangelion @ Dec 29 2005, 02:26 AM)

All i need now is a paper thin PS3 and school would almost be fun!!!

Yeah then you will have to deal with the same problem plasma TVs have. After awhile images start to burn onto the screen. So then your money would be send down the drain. (Hail LCD!) Also i think your teacher/principal would notice two powercords to run everything. Sorry to be a party pooper, but it was a good idea.

evangelion

Dec 29 2005, 07:26 AM

WOW!!!

All i need now is a paper thin PS3 and school would almost be fun!!!

The on;y problem with buying a square meter of the screen would be...
IT DOESN'T COME WITH A TV!!!!

it's like, $49 for the screen. you still need to put it on something.

fasdsffasda

Dec 29 2005, 05:52 AM

lol it would need some kinda power, i have the solution!

http://www.999today.com/science/news/story/2430.html

paper thin battery!

Its pretty night but i dont think it deserved its own topic lol

fraudulentpeanut

Dec 26 2005, 10:10 PM

Sony has been developing this sort of technology for years now. Its uses are endless, however sopny has only been successful in making it practical in smaller applications rather than big screens, like for inside a car and such. This is definately the next wave of television technology. One of the greatest applications for this that I saw on the discovery channel was taking the place of the big desk calanders that they make and getting rid of your monitor. It would basically be laid down like a placemat over the desk.

Also, Bill Gates has been using this same technology for at least 4 years now. He has his walls covered with this material and supposedly he can walk into a room and change the color of the wall or make it show a scenery picture across the room. But I do not know for sure. I do know that once this technology is made practical that it will revolutionize America, pretty much the same way the Microwave Oven did.

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